Wholesalers are mourning the loss of former Key Lekkerland chairman and T&A Symonds boss Alan Symonds, who died last week aged 70.

Symonds served as chairman of Key Lekkerland from 1996 to 2007 and also oversaw the integration of T&A Symonds into wholesale giant P&H, which acquired the business in August 2007. He then went on to form Symonds Forecourts.

Colleagues said Symonds had been a great supporter of both the independent retail and wholesale sectors.

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